Jogger says teen hit him with soda

Posted: Thursday, March 20, 2008

A 50-year-old Athens man called police Tuesday night after someone in a passing Jeep tossed a paper cup full of soda at him while he was jogging on South Milledge Avenue near Rutherford Street, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.

A passenger in a 1999 red Jeep Cherokee hurled the cup between 9 and 10 p.m. and hit the jogger in his groin, police said. The man told police he planned to press charges and had memorized the Jeep's tag number.

After making some calls, an officer found two Athens teenagers had been driving the Jeep on Tuesday night. The driver told police that his passenger "thought it would be a good idea to throw something at the jogger," according to the report.

The passenger could be charged with battery if the jogger follows through on his plan to press charges.